62 commentsWith just days to go before the Presidential election, new information released by the State Board of Elections suggests that getting to the polls in Virginia on Election Day may be more important...

2 commentsNot only is Albemarle Supervisor Dennis Rooker running for reelection unopposed, he's also got the most money– $70K as of August 31, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, including $...

7 commentsState Senator Creigh Deeds gets a hug from his wife Pam before speaking to supporters celebrating his victory in the Democratic primary for governor.
PHOTO BY LINDSAY BARNES
In the contest to become...

1 commentsThe latest dispatch from county spokesperson Lee Catlin shows that voter turnout in Albemarle County for the Democratic gubernatorial primary has climbed since this morning when two percent of the...

1 commentsThis was the 9am scene at Hollymead Elementary, where an official reported just 60 folks had voted by 9am. Overall, in Albemarle County, the 9am turnout for the Democratic gubernatorial primary was 1...

6 commentsBob Fenwick, the man credited for rallying citizens and saving the Dewey D.S. Shiflett softball fields at McIntire Park, now says he's running for City Council on a stop-the-Meadowcreek Parkway...

12 commentsKristin Szakos in, Julian Taliaferro out after the May 9 "firehouse" primary.
SZAKOS PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO; TALIAFERRO BY STAFF
Two newcomers have shaken the local Democratic establishment. Kristin...

9 comments Charlottesville Democratic voters line up Saturday morning, May 9, to vote in the City Democratic primary at the one and only election spot, Jackson P. Burley Middle School on Rose Hill Drive. A...

13 commentsAre four terms enough for Sally Thomas?
FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO
While word on the street this year has been that four-term Supervisor Sally Thomas will not run for re-election this year, she's not...

0 commentsCan a single newspaper article swing an entire election?Yes, according to some local critics who blame an election-day piece for Republican Rob Schilling’s City Council victory. A May 7 Daily...